Nest for poultry.



PATENTBD APR. 28, 1908.

0.-K. OLSON,-

NEST POE POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1907 (5. a): (WWW imp I fil Qwimn on the line 2-2 3.

Tan SATES FTC.

ATEN NEST FOB POULTRY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE K. OLSON, a citircen of the United States, resident of Clifford, in the county of Trailland State of North Dakota, have made a certain new and useful .Invention in hests for Poultry; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skillen in the art to which-it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a erspective view of the invention partly bfo en away. Fig. 2 is a section Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 Fig. 2.

The invention has relation to nests for poultry, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to provide a nest which is easily accessible and is also of such comfortable character as to be acceptable to the hen, and which provides means for obviating deterioration of the eggs, and for protecting the same from casual accident.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter (L, designates the housing for the nest, having side walls 0, having forward extensionsa at their lower portions, a rear wall I), and an inclined top or cover 1:. This housing is open at its upper ifI'OIll. portion as indicated at d, to provide an ientrance for the fowl. Below this entrance iopening and above the forward extensions (1 of the side walls a. partial front wall is provided. at e, such wall havinga rearward inclination from top to bottom.

The nest g, is preferably fori-ned of screen cloth of concave form. The bottom of the host has a downward. and forward inclination of slight grade, and is separated by an interval from the bottom board ll, of the nest chamberof the housing, such bottom board IL, having an inclinal n similar to that of the bottom of the nest, and intersecting the partial front wall e, near the lower )ortion thereof. Excelsior. or other suitable cushioning material is placed between the nest and the bottom board 71., of the nest chamber, andbetween the nest and the front wall and the back of the housing, as also around the nest at the sides, between the same and the side walls of the. housing- Below the bottom board IL, of the nest Specification of letters Patent. Application filed June 20, 1907. SerialiNo. 379,947.

Patented April 1908.

chamber and separated therefrom by a suitable interval is a downward and rearward ining also extended forward at their lower por tions to provide for this egg receiving extens1on.

The cloth strip which is indicated at 7', is attached at its front end to the partial front wall of the housing, and terminates at its rear end short of the. rear wall of the housing to leave an opening for passage of the eggs.

The bottom board i, has a suitable cushioning covering l, preferably of, cloth, which is curved or inclined upward at both end portions thereof away from such bottom board, excelsior or the like being placed between the cloth covering and the bottom board at such end portions.

An opening 70, is provided in the screen cloth of the nest at the forward end thereof for exit of the egg therefrom, such egg being caused to roll slowly down the gradual in clinc of the nest bottom and falling through such opening of the ncstand through a reg istering opening in the bottom of the nest chamber, indicated at m. The egg is received in its fall by the cloth conveyor stripf, rolling therealong and dropping therefrom upon the upward curved cushioned covering of the bottom board 'i, at the rear end of the housing, and rolling slowly down the passage chamber Z, upon the cloth covering of the bottom board thereof until it arrives at the foot of such board in the egg receiving or collecting chamber, such foot being suitably cushioned as before described.

A hinged cover n, is provided for the egg receiving front extensionj of the egg passage chamber 1, this cover serving also as a step for the hen in entering the nest.

The inclined front wall 0, of the nest chamber is cut away a little at the top to the level of the nest, thus facilitating the entrance of the hen.

llinges are provided at the rear for suspension o the nest from a suitable support, a spring g, being attached to the housing at the back and located between such housing and thewall support, acting to prevent rigidity of the nest and avoiding injurious shocks.

Having thus described my invent ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

A nest for oultry including a housing having side wa rovided Withforward exten- 5 sions atgztheir oWer-portions, a-rear wall, a

forward and downward inclined'top wall, a

downward and rearward inclined partial front Wall connecting said. side walls'above I the forward extensions thereof and below said top wall, whereby an entrance opening is vprovided, a, bottom. board for the nest v proper having a downward and forward in clination and intersecting said partial front wall near the lower portion thereof, a nest l5 above said bottom boerd having a similar inclination thereto, such nest and bottom board having registering openings at the for- Ward end portions thereof for passage of e gs, a downward and rearward inclined 0 0th strip under the nest pro or connected up-curved cushioned upper end and anegg receiving forward extension having an upcurved cushioned lower end, end'a hinged cover.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature, t

in presence of two witnesses. r OLE K. OLSON. Witnesses: i 4

H..N. HANSON} H. N. KLEO. 

